A CLOSER LOOK AT HET GRACHTENHUIS THE MUSEUM OF CANALS
BY WENDY HUGHES Anyone visiting Amsterdam will want to book a cruise around its canals, but before you do, it is worth taking a trip to the Museum of the...
ONE OF AMSTERDAM’S LITTLE SECRETS
By Wendy Hughes One thing you don’t expect to find tucked away in the attic on the edge of Amsterdam’s red light district is a concealed church. ‘Ons Lieve...
THE STORY 4711 EAU DE COLOGNE
BY WENDY HUGHES Almost everyone who once visited Cologne returned with a souvenir of that famous Eau de Cologne, bottled and...
WHO IS THE MAN BEHIND THE NAME? Our Very Own St David
by Wendy Hughes Photographs by Conrad Hughes Whether you are in Wales or elsewhere, every Welsh person will be celebrating Dewi Sant or St David’s Day on 1 March...
PARMA A CITY OF INTELLECTUAL CITIZENS, HAM AND CHEESE
By Wendy Hughes Parma is an aristocratic city where the word ‘culture’ is spoken frequently. Every day Parma prints enough newspapers to supply almost one to every five...
THE BALANCING BARN – A FUTURISTIC FANTASY!
Dangling halfway over a Suffolk hill, the Balancing Barn isn’t everyone’s first choice of holiday accommodation. In fact, Hubby John and I couldn’t get any friends to come with...